School: Dromseanbhoth (B.)
- Location:
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Teacher: Seán Ó Dubhda
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0207, Page 204
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- There is a herb called Cumphry. It is the cure for a cut. It has a big yellow leaf like a docking leaf. Another herb which is called the Dandelion, is supposed to be the cure for a bad stomach. The Mellow leaf, which grows on a ditch is the cure for biles. Broom is a cure for a swelling. You boil it and rub the juice of it to the swelling. It is said that nettle roots boiled are a cure for the measles.
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- Collector
- P.E. Reynolds
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
- Informant
- Thomas Reynolds
- Relation
- Parent
- Gender
- Male
- Address
- Drumshanbo, Co. Leitrim
